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Lank Adj English Root Bend Læŋk A.瘦削的;长而软的 英

单词 lank
音标 [læŋk]
解释 a.瘦削的;长而软的
红宝书 【英】 adj. 瘦削的(long and slender)
【考】 反义词:stalwart(坚 定的)
【例】 lank grass / lank cattle
字源 lank (adj.)
Old English hlanc "loose and empty, slender, flaccid," from Proto-Germanic *khlankaz, perhaps from a root meaning "flexible" (cognates: German lenken "to bend, turn aside," Old Norse hlykkr "bend, noose, loop"), from PIE root *kleng- "to bend, turn" (see link (n.)). "Some examples may be long adj. with unvoicing of g" ["Middle English Dictionary"]
不择手段背单词 adj. (人)瘦弱的; (树等)细长的; (草等)稀疏的; (头发)平直的
【记】读: 烂磕. 因为非常的瘦弱, 所以才会到处烂磕.
【反】stalwart(adj 坚定的)
趣味全助记 【记】看作long,a=o,k=g,瘦长的;音:滥砍,滥砍滥伐造成树林草地稀疏,牲畜瘦弱;音:栏杆,是瘦削的

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